A cross-cultural comparison of body dissatisfaction in Estonian and Australian young adults and its relationship with media exposure

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 736-742

  Tiggemann, Marika ^a   Rüütel, Eha ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TALLINN PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

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EID: 0040971846     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022101032006007     Document Type: Article

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